The SPSF paint scheme sure looked good when it was fresh. Southern Pacific 8530 has just departed Salt Lake Cities, Roper yard, and is heading north toward Ogden, Utah. Tom Ellis photo.
Southern Pacific Train 52, the San Joaquin Daylight, is led by an A-B-A set of F7s at Richmond, CA in the 1960s. The train is about to pass under my father's vantage point, the Santa Fe bridge. ... (more)
I don't know the back story of why these these two beast were in town. SDP45's 3207 and 3201 are at the Salt Lake City, Union Pacific depot, hooked to Amtrak 314. If you were standing in this spot... (more)